§ 2803-L — Community service plans

§ 2803-l. Community service plans. 1. The governing body of a\nvoluntary non-profit general hospital must issue an organizational\nmission statement identifying at a minimum the populations and\ncommunities served by the hospital and the hospital's commitment to\nmeeting the health care needs of the community.\n 2. The governing body must at least every three years:\n (i) review and amend as necessary the hospital mission statement;\n (ii) solicit the views of the communities served by the hospital on\nsuch issues as the hospital's performance and service priorities;\n (iii) demonstrate the hospital's operational and financial commitment\nto meeting community health care needs, to provide charity care services\nand to improve access to health care services by the underserved; and\n (iv) prepare and make available to the public a statement showing on a\ncombined basis a summary of the financial resources of the hospital and\nrelated corporations and the allocation of available resources to\nhospital purposes including the provision of free or reduced charge\nservices.\n 3. The governing body must at least annually prepare and make\navailable to the public an implementation report regarding the\nhospital's performance in meeting the health care needs of the\ncommunity, providing charity care services, and improving access to\nhealth care services by the underserved.\n 4. The governing body shall file with the commissioner its mission\nstatement, its annual implementation report, and at least every three\nyears a report detailing amendments to the statement and reflecting\nchanges in the hospital's operational and financial commitment to\nmeeting the health care needs of the community, providing charity care\nservices, and improving access to health care services by the\nunderserved.\n